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Nature's first tool, last weapon, and the original do-it-yourself everything.
means Thin lengths of wood broken from trees, or used as a verb meaning to adhere or get stuck.
from From Old English sticca, a thin rod or peg, sibling to stick the verb meaning to pierce — both root in the idea of poking and jabbing.
The boondocksThe sticks means remote rural nowhere, far from city lights.
Older than fireChimps fashion sticks into tools, like our ancestors did.
Carrot's rivalThe stick metaphor predates modern donkey-driving lore.